6.2% ▼ -27.4%
Higher than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cowra · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Cowra
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 49 minutes is the typical walk to the nearest public transport stop in Cowra, which is much higher than most areas. This reliance on private travel is clear, with the vast majority of residents using cars to get to work and very few using public transit.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 36.3% owning two and 13.9% owning three. Only 6.2% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Cowra splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 66% of people as the driver. Only 0.2% use public transport, while 11% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
11.0% ▲ +18.5%
Lower than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -15.2%
Lower than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 0.1%
- 2021: 0.2%
Share of employed people who got to work by train, bus, ferry or tram/light rail as their only method of travel on census day.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Bus services provide all the public transport here, with 10 routes and 42 stops. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure.
42
Higher than 52% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.30
Higher than 50% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
69.5
Higher than 50% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
10
Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Walking to the nearest transport stop takes much longer here than in most areas, with a typical time of 49 minutes.
49
Higher than 77% of council (lga) areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
More for Cowra
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Cowra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA12350/cowra/topic/transport